Last week’s military coup in Madagascar followed weeks of protests by youth angry about a lack of opportunity, poverty, and ...

Islamic State has credited its West Africa affiliate for killing six French aid workers and their Nigerien guide and driver at a giraffe reserve in Niger on Aug. 9, according to a statement published ...

Niger’s Prime Minister, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, was received in Dakar on Monday by his Senegalese counterpart, Ousmane Sonko, ahead of the Invest in Senegal Forum (FII Senegal) 2025, scheduled for ...

The military-led West African countries Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced their withdrawal from the International ...

Dakar — The Committee to Protect Journalists urges authorities in Niger to immediately release Ali Soumana, publishing director of the privately owned Le Courrier newspaper, after Prime Minister Ali ...

RSF’s documentary on community radio highlights the courage of journalists such as Ousmane Abdoulaye Touré, Adama Sougouri, and Fati Amadou Ali, who risk their lives to deliver vital news to their ...

Minna — The Executive Chairman of Niger Foods Security System and Logistics Company Limited, a Niger State Government agricultural development agency, Mr. Sammy Adigun, has called on traditional and ...

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Senegal’s ambassador to Niger, Mouhamadou Sarr, is continuing his mission of diplomatic rapprochement with a series of institutional meetings. On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, he was received by Dr.

Leaders from various ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta region have lauded the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) board and management for their transformative initiatives in the region.

It's the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth — a 54-pound meteorite that fetched more than $5 million at a New York auction last month, setting a world record. But in the West African nation of ...

FILE PHOTO: Areva's Somair uranium mining facility is seen in Arlit DAKAR (Reuters) -Niger's main mine workers' union has thrown its support behind the military government's planned nationalisation of ...